It's just Spaniard (from Spain.. white) mixed with something else like black or whatever. Are Hispanics really a race? The way I see it there are only 3 races. White, black and Asian. Anything else is just a mix of those.
2007-06-22 15:36:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
No, Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. Hispanics are classified as white by the US Census. I would add Native American to your list, even though they share many genetic traits with Asian/Pacific Islanders.
2007-06-22 15:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by Redbird 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No Hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity. But the U.S classifies us as a race so that's why many people think Hispanic is a race. Some people are really surprised to find out that Hispanics come in all colors.
2007-06-22 22:41:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hispanic is not a race.
Hispanics are in the white race, but a few decades ago, the white racists in authority decided that they needed to seperate themselves to be called white and eveyone else is a minority.
Silly but true.
The Blacks who call themselves Hispanic are not Hispanic, but Black because they have African blood in them. The Spaniards had African slaves and apparently mixed with them and thus came a black man who is name Rodriguez, Cruz, Gomez, etc.
You can identify a person simply by his appearance.
Hispanics are 40% Semitic, 50% Western European and the rest is Native American.
DNA proved this.
2007-06-22 22:41:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hispanics are a ethnicity...by the way, we know that we are mixed with white, african and indian...it may be a bastardization to you ignorant folks out there..but I have the best of all three worlds....Hispanics is a ethnicity whether you see it that way or not!
2007-06-22 22:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by amasmomma05 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're right; Hispanic is a culture; any one can be Hispanic: black, white, Asian, etc.
2007-06-22 23:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No it's not a race, as when Latinos are born in their respective countries there is a section on the birth certificate for "race", the answer can be white, black, mestizo (Spaniard/indigenous), mulato (Spaniard/black), or indigenous (native); these five answers represent the races.
2007-06-22 22:45:08 · answer #6 · answered by sonrisa 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
That's another way of looking at it... When I come to think about it, yeah, I think it's a great way of looking at it! Makes things simple. But people are still going to say that Hispanic is as much of a race as Asian is.
2007-06-22 22:41:17 · answer #7 · answered by Michelic 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
hispanics are mixed of 2 to 3 races, they just don't know it.
2007-06-22 22:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No it is an ethnicity not a race. We have three mixtures: black, white and indian.
When I fill the applications, Hispanic is in the ethnicity group not race.
Chech applications!!!!!
2007-06-22 22:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hispanic refers to culture.
2007-06-22 22:39:52 · answer #10 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋